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by Arushi Madan | 13-10-2014 04:16
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In terms of the environment, women around the world play distinct roles: in managing plants and animals in forests, drylands, wetlands and agriculture in collecting water, fuel and fodder for domestic use and income generation and in overseeing land and water resources. By so doing, they contribute time, energy, skills and personal visions to family and community development. Sometimes, despite large obstacles, women have proven to be highly effective agents of change, organizing all over the world to demand and work towards a healthy environment. Innumerable organizations with women at the helm have contributed to setting a sustainable agenda through their advocacy and lobbying, developing alternatives to unsustainable development, and making sure that women's voices are heard and their perspectives taken into account. It is rightly said "You educate a man you educate an individual. You educate a woman you educate a family , community and a generation". That's why it is extremely important to educate women about environmental values , about current environment issues , global warming , climate change and ways to mitigate climate change and protect environment . Keeping this in mind , I decided to organize an awareness event exclusively for women . What better day than 11th October –Karwa Chauth Let me first introduce this festival Karwa Chauth Karwa Chauth is an Indian festival that has made a significant impression on Indian culture.. As per the traditions, married Hindu women observe fast throughout the day from sunrise to moonrise for their husband's longevity , safety and prosperity. During this full day fast they are not supposed to even drink water. Communities belonging to the northern and western parts of India, observe this festival in the most religious manner. The married women dress in fine red or orange or bright colored clothing, which are the colors that symbolize auspiciousness. They adorn themselves with bridal jewellery and makeup and their hands are designed with beautiful henna designs too. This is one of the biggest & most divine festivals for Indian ladies . So on 11th Oct on the eve of KarwaChauth , I went to community centre where 40 of these fasting ladies assembled . After greeting them and wishing them "Happy KarwaChauth" , I started my session. To catch their attention , to set the tone and to arrive at the topic , I told them " I am pleased to see all of you so nicely dressed up , fasting for the long and healthy lives of your husbands. May God answer your prayers and may your fast be successful. But do you know that there is someone else too who needs your attention for her long & healthy survival. Yes , it is our MOTHER EARTH. She is suffering , she does not need such tough fast but what she needs is just simple care from us. We can save her , protect her by adopting eco –frieendly lifestyles. Just few simple tips which I am going to share with you can protect her , give her long and healthy life"
Then I told them following tips : Switch off fans , AC and light when you are not in room. Try to sit together in one room to save energy and have family time as well. Use energy efficient appliances. Don't throw papers. They come from trees. Save them for recycling. You can give them to Bee'ah (Sharjah's waste management company). Don't throw aluminium cans , plastic bottles. You can put them in Bee'ah's RVM. Even E waste can be recycled. Gift a plant as a birthday or party gift to your friends or relatives. Do NOT use plastic bags, go for reuseable jute bags. Preset the AC temp to 23-24 deg Operate the washing machine only on full load for optimum use of water. While brushing teeth , do NOT keep the tap open and take quick /short showers. Don't buy exotic food , fruits etc which have travelled long distances. Go for locally produced food or food from nearby places. Instead of buying chemical fed food, we should prefer organic one. Organic food are more tasty, nutritious and healthy to eat. Plant indoor plants , Don't cut trees. Use LED lamps /bulbs. LED are much more energy efficient, lasts longer almost 10 times compared to CFL Use Public transport /shared car as much as possible. This will surely reduce the fuel consumption. Also for short distance ride bicycle. This will help us to keep ourselves healthy and also promote environmental cleanliness.
All these ladies listened to me carefully and were convinced that there is a dire need to work on our living habits and need to transform them towards Greener Living. Then I introduced Tunza Eco Generation so that they can encourage their children , younger brother sisters to join this wonderful forum. They were impressed with enormous values and benefits Tunza Eco Generation offers. I shared with them my memorable GYELS , Seoul experience. Summarising Tunza Eco Generation I told them that "This is a unique forum where you learn and earn". You learn a lot about environment , about best practices and you earn gifts /souvenirs/opportunities like GYELS/personality development skills. Towards the end I distributed Tunza Eco Gen give aways and beautiful USB sponsored by Bee'ah(Sharjah's waste management company). I encouraged them to help and co-operate with Bee'ah to fulfill their environmental goals like Diverting waste from landfill to achieve Zero waste to landfill by 2015. Overall it was a good event. I got very good feedbacks from them and I was myself contented that through this event I could spread environmental awareness to a very important section of society-WOMEN.
I shared it with "Gulf Today" newspaper and they liked and published it to encourage other volunteers for Green Living. Below link : http://www.gulftoday.ae/portal/3edba34e-6114-4eef-b08d-ed1da9f4c198.aspx
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31 Comments
Hello arushi
I hope you are doing well
When women are educated on this topic, then alot of change can be expected
Thank you so much for this report
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Asmita Gaire
Posted 30-05-2020 20:28
Thank you for sharing, Arushi!
Posted 29-11-2014 23:58
Thanks Samuel for your warm compliments.
Posted 28-11-2014 04:32
Congratulations Arushi for your efforts toward environmental education awareness, your work motivates a lot of young generation not only in India but also here in Africa.Thanks again for sharing .
Posted 08-11-2014 21:49
Yes , you are right Mohit. Thanks for reading the report.
Posted 21-10-2014 00:45
Great work Arushi as you hit the right chord because educating women is the single most effective way to improve the lives of individual families and community at large in all fields of life.Thanks for sharing your report.
Posted 19-10-2014 17:16
Thanks Ulfiana for your sweet words. Glad to know that I am able to inspire people.
Posted 16-10-2014 03:00
It's a great job Arushi! Congrats!
You always inspiring me and other people to do something to preserve our environment.
Thanks for your sharing Arushi :)
Posted 16-10-2014 00:11
Thanks Iqbal. Yes , as much as possible I would continue my envirronment movement.
Posted 15-10-2014 03:08
Great job Arushi, well done. Being an ambassador, it is our role to educate and aware the community, and and you have done it successfully, as educating women is educating the whole community.
Gathering 40 women on an occasion is really a tough job and organizing the awareness program is even more.
I like the way you have presented, that is suggesting them the tips, which one can easily do regularly at home.And as you have given suggestion to women, I am sure that you will be able to see drastic changes in the days to come.
And it also great to see that you have supported the local company involved in waste management. In addition to that, the photo which you have posted suggests that the women were really interested in the program.
Similarly, you have utilized this event to promote Tunza Eco-generation, which is really worth appreciating and I am sure that there will be more youth involve in this platform in the days to come.
Well done Arushi, and thank you for sharing the great report. Hope you will continue in the days to come.
Posted 15-10-2014 02:37
Thanks Dharmendra for your kind and encouraging words. We all inspire each other by our works and that's the beauty of this wonderful Tunza Eco gen forum.
Posted 15-10-2014 01:32
Women who are aware/educated are healthier and tend to have greater self esteem and self confidence. Also, help contribute and prosper their community And most importantly, Women who are educated/aware see the potential and need to promote education and awareness in others.
You utilize Karwa Chauth in a great manner. I'm sure your awareness program will make a difference for generations. Kudos!! Thank you Arushi for Inspiring us :)
Posted 15-10-2014 00:48
Thanks Unmesh, idea was/is to penetrate eco awareness into as deep as possible in communities.
Posted 14-10-2014 19:21
Great work Arushi...you have utilized a different social gathering also into a eco-awareness one...great..
Posted 14-10-2014 19:17
Thanks Rohit for appreciating and encouraging .
Posted 14-10-2014 18:56
You did a real great job, Arushi :D
Keep it up!!
Posted 14-10-2014 18:12
Thanks Alina for appreciating.
Posted 14-10-2014 13:45
Thanks Nanditha for your sweet and encouraging words.
Posted 14-10-2014 13:45
On a special day for women's you gifted Mother Earth such a beautiful gift,more caring people.You did a great job Arushi. :)
Posted 14-10-2014 12:29
What a wonderful initiative of spreading the message of going green at festive gatherings!
I really appreciate your endeavor of creating awareness among the women in the community as they indeed are the ones who eventually pave the path for the community to be educated and aware.
Posted 14-10-2014 05:28
Thanks Sadam for reading the report and appreciating my efforts.
Posted 14-10-2014 00:34
Dear Arushi : what an awesome event you did , the impressive thing is that your target group . so as a women you target in your awareness event , you are not educating women but children and young people throughout women .
keep it , you are awesome and doing well .
Posted 13-10-2014 21:01
Yes Christy , I utilised this auspicious festival of women to get their attention.Thanks for your so warm and encouraging words , they mean a lot to me.
Posted 13-10-2014 20:59
And it's also really clever way to utilize women as spreader of green message. As you said, educating a woman means educating the whole family. Woman can be the most effective way to change the whole community. :)
Posted 13-10-2014 20:29
Oh my god, Arushi, I am soooo proud of you girl! :D It's really clever of you to use the Karwa Chauth to enlighten women. And the holiday came really interesting to me. Thank you for the excellent explanation on the Karwa Chauth also. Now I can understand why you wore Red version of Eco-generation tshirt. And actually you look so lovely in red.
Posted 13-10-2014 20:25
Thank you so much Sabin for your kind and encouraging comments. Such comments motivate us to keep going and doing better. Yes , it needed quite some planning & preparation to get sizeable number of women together and once that was frozen , I wanted to utilise it fully to promote Tunza Eco Gen and Sharjah's waste management company Bee'ah as without residents co-operation municipalities can not be successful in their ambitious environmental goals.
Posted 13-10-2014 17:33
Yes Rohan ,educating women is educating 2 families . True if they adopt these , earth would be safer and greener. That was the objective. Thanks for your comments.
Posted 13-10-2014 17:21
Thanks Rahul. Yes , indeed it was an event to promote culture & environment preservation. Good comment.
Posted 13-10-2014 17:19
Great job Arushi, well done. Being an ambassador, it is our role to educate and aware the community, and and you have done it successfully, as educating women is educating the whole community.
Gathering 40 women on an occasion is really a tough job and organizing the awareness program is even more.
I like the way you have presented, that is suggesting them the tips, which one can easily do regularly at home.And as you have given suggestion to women, I am sure that you will be able to see drastic changes in the days to come.
And it also great to see that you have supported the local company involved in waste management. In addition to that, the photo which you have posted suggests that the women were really interested in the program.
Similarly, you have utilized this event to promote Tunza Eco-generation, which is really worth appreciating and I am sure that there will be more youth involve in this platform in the days to come.
Well done Arushi, and thank you for sharing the great report. Hope you will continue in the days to come.
Posted 13-10-2014 13:36
Educating women in in fact educating two families in one go. Well done Arushi, Keep it up.
The tips given to them by you as listed in your report are all practical, easy to follow & easy to remember. If they adopt even 1 of the eco-tip in their daily life the earth will be greener & more sustainable.
Posted 13-10-2014 12:58
Well done Arushi.
Preserving both culture and environment at the same time.
Posted 13-10-2014 11:55